Sunlit Zone

Twilight Zone

Dark Zone

Abyss

 

Sunlit Zone

Hermit Crab	Introducing the Hermit Crab http://www.xs4all.nl/~pal/hermit.htm   Hermit Crab Gallery http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/crust/hermgall.html   Biology of Anomurans http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/crust/hermbiol.html
Seahorse	Kingdom of the Seahorse http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/seahorse/   Animal Bytes-Seahorse http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/seahorses.html   Saving Seahorses http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_se/se_ssh_sea.asp
Man O' War	Portuguese Man of War http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/expltx/eft/gulf/cspecies/manofwar.htm   Bluebottle or Portuguese Man O' War http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/bluebottle.htm   Portuguese Man O' War Information (This site includes interesting First Aid Tips!) http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/portugue.html
Blue Whale	Blue Whale http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/wildlife/geninfo/game/blue.htm   Blue Whale Photos (Make sure you check out the Quicktime movies!) http://www.earthwindow.com/blue.html# http://www.earthwindow.com/blueair.html   Planet Ocean-Blue Whale (Check out the Amazing Facts section!) http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/planetocean/bluewhale.html
Skate	Skate http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=1&inhab=197   Skate http://cnet.windsor.ns.ca/Environment/Advocates/Anim/skate.html   Skate http://www.newmex.com/platinum/data/light/species/skate.html

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Twilight Zone

Giant Squid	In Search of Giant Squid (several sections to navigate through) http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/squid.html   Quest for the Giant Squid (Make sure to explore the Flash movie and search for the Giant Squid!) http://dsc.discovery.com/stories/nature/giantsquids/giantsquids.html   NEWS FLASH-Giant squid washes up on beach http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/07/22/australia.squid/index.html   Giant Squid http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/giantsquid/Giantsqprintout.shtml   Monsters of the Deep-Giant Squid http://www.seasky.org/monsters/sea7a1a.html
Viper Fish	Viper Fish http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/csloani.htm   Viper Fish http://www.wooster.k12.oh.us/layton/5driscoll/Viperfish.html   Saber-Toothed Viper Fish http://www.bbsr.edu/Marine_Biodiversity/Creature_Feature/CF_Viper/cf_viper.html   Gallery of Deep Ocean Creatures http://www.extremescience.com/deepcreat.htm   Monsters of the Deep-Viperfish http://www.seasky.org/monsters/sea7a1d.html
Blue Shark	The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation-Blue Shark (Make sure to check out the images and video clips!) http://www.pelagic.org/sharks/pelagic/blueshark.html   Ocean Animals-Blue Shark http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/animals/blueshrk.htm   Blue Shark (Make sure you check out the Blue Shark printout. It labels all the parts of the Blue Shark!) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/species/Blueshark.shtml

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Dark Zone

Gulper Eel	Gulper Eel http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=1&inhab=186   Gulper Eel printout http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/fish/printouts/Gulpereelprintout.shtml   Monsters of the Deep-Gulper Eel http://www.seasky.org/monsters/sea7a1j.html
Hatchet Fish	Hatchet Fish http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=1&inhab=178   Monsters of the Deep-Hatchet Fish http://www.seasky.org/monsters/sea7a1f.html   Hatchetfish printout http://www.allaboutnature.com/subjects/fish/printouts/Hatchetfishprintout.shtml   Hatchetfish http://www.wooster.k12.oh.us/layton/5driscoll/hatchetfish.html   Picture of the hatchetfish http://lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/organism/pictures/hatchet.html
Angler Fish	Angler Fish http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/anglerfish.html   Angler Fish http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=1&inhab=176   Monsters of the Deep-Deep Sea Angler http://www.seasky.org/monsters/sea7a1m.html   Angler Fish http://www.wooster.k12.oh.us/layton/5driscoll/anglerfish.html

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Abyss

Lantern Fish	Lantern Fish http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=1&inhab=177   Monsters of the Deep-Lantern Fish http://www.seasky.org/monsters/sea7a1r.html   Image of a Lantern Fish http://www.imagequest3d.com/catalogue/bioluminescence/pages/v016_tif.htm   Lantern Fish http://www.wooster.k12.oh.us/layton/5driscoll/lanternfish.html
Angler Fish	Angler Fish http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/anglerfish.html   Angler Fish http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=1&inhab=176   Monsters of the Deep-Deep Sea Angler http://www.seasky.org/monsters/sea7a1m.html   Angler Fish http://www.wooster.k12.oh.us/layton/5driscoll/anglerfish.html
Sting Ray	Creature World-Southern Stingray http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/oceans/stingray/index.html   Rays-wings in the water http://www.aqua.org/animals/species/rays.html   What is a ray? http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/sharks/rays/   Ray printout http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/sharks/rays/Rayprintout.shtml

Giant Tube Worms

Monsters of the Deep- Giant Tube Worms http://www.seasky.org/monsters/sea7a1g.html   Ocean Planet-Popular Science Giant Tube Worms http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ps_vents.html   Voyage to the Deep- Tube Worms http://www.ocean.udel.edu/deepsea/level-2/creature/tube.html Deep Ocean Quest- Giant Tube Worm http://www.deepoceanquest.com/pro/outreach11.html

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Other Resources

Deep Sea Creatures Think Quest http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4106/ Poem for Two Voices (Read this one with a partner!) http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/gmfbrown/poems/ManOWar.html The Sea http://www.seasky.org/sea.html Monsters of the Deep (Take a submarine ride to explore the creatures of the deep!) http://www.seasky.org/monsters/sea7a.html

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"Animal Adaptations" heading available [online] at http://www.flamingtext.com September 14, 2002

Last updated on: September 14, 2002
© 2002

Dana Bickley
CIT, Leon Springs Elementary, Northside ISD
San Antonio, Texas 78257